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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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